Questões de Inglês

Read the ad.

It is true according to the ad that

Once there was a poor stonecutter. Each day he went to the mountain and cut blocks of stone, and then took them to

the market to sell.

He was quite happy, until one day he looked through the gate of a rich man’s house. He saw the rich man sitting in the

shade with servants bringing him food to eat.

“Surely the rich man is greater than I am”, sighed the poor stonecutter. “I wish I were rich. Then I would be truly happy”.

The spirit of the mountain heard the stonecutter and gave him what he wanted. At once, the stonecutter found himself

sitting in the garden of a nice house with servants bringing him food.

“Now I will be truly happy” thought the stonecutter. But a few days later he was standing outside. The sun was beating

down on his head. It was so hot that he had to go inside.

“Surely the sun is greater than I am”, he sighed. “I wish I could be the sun. Then I would be truly happy”.

The spirit of the mountain heard the stonecutter and gave him what he wanted. At once the stonecutter became the sun

burning in the sky.

“Now I will be truly happy” thought the stonecutter. But soon a cloud came between him and the earth so that no one

could see him.

“Surely the cloud is greater than I am”, he sighed. “I wish I had the power to be a cloud. Then I would be truly happy”.

The spirit of the mountain heard the stonecutter and gave him what he wanted. At once the stonecutter became a cloud

raining upon the earth. Where the rain came, people ran for their houses.

“Now I will be truly happy”, thought the stonecutter. But he noticed that when the rain beat down on the mountain, the

mountain was not affected.

“Surely the mountain is greater than I am”, he sighed. “I wish I could turn into a mountain. Then I would be truly happy”.

The spirit of the mountain heard the stonecutter and gave him what he wanted. At once, the stonecutter became a

mountain, strong and firm.

“Now I will be truly happy”, thought the stonecutter. But soon he noticed a small stonecutter coming up the side of the

mountain. The stonecutter cut blocks of stone from the mountain and took them away.

“Surely the stonecutter is greater than I am”, he sighed. “I wish I were a stonecutter. Then I would be truly happy.”

The spirit of the mountain heard and gave him what he wanted. At once he was a poor stonecutter again. At this he was

thankful, and never wished again to be something that he was not.

 

(New Routes, September/2009. ISSN 1516‐3601. Page 37.)

The sentence “He was quite happy” means that

Once there was a poor stonecutter. Each day he went to the mountain and cut blocks of stone, and then took them to

the market to sell.

He was quite happy, until one day he looked through the gate of a rich man’s house. He saw the rich man sitting in the

shade with servants bringing him food to eat.

“Surely the rich man is greater than I am”, sighed the poor stonecutter. “I wish I were rich. Then I would be truly happy”.

The spirit of the mountain heard the stonecutter and gave him what he wanted. At once, the stonecutter found himself

sitting in the garden of a nice house with servants bringing him food.

“Now I will be truly happy” thought the stonecutter. But a few days later he was standing outside. The sun was beating

down on his head. It was so hot that he had to go inside.

“Surely the sun is greater than I am”, he sighed. “I wish I could be the sun. Then I would be truly happy”.

The spirit of the mountain heard the stonecutter and gave him what he wanted. At once the stonecutter became the sun

burning in the sky.

“Now I will be truly happy” thought the stonecutter. But soon a cloud came between him and the earth so that no one

could see him.

“Surely the cloud is greater than I am”, he sighed. “I wish I had the power to be a cloud. Then I would be truly happy”.

The spirit of the mountain heard the stonecutter and gave him what he wanted. At once the stonecutter became a cloud

raining upon the earth. Where the rain came, people ran for their houses.

“Now I will be truly happy”, thought the stonecutter. But he noticed that when the rain beat down on the mountain, the

mountain was not affected.

“Surely the mountain is greater than I am”, he sighed. “I wish I could turn into a mountain. Then I would be truly happy”.

The spirit of the mountain heard the stonecutter and gave him what he wanted. At once, the stonecutter became a

mountain, strong and firm.

“Now I will be truly happy”, thought the stonecutter. But soon he noticed a small stonecutter coming up the side of the

mountain. The stonecutter cut blocks of stone from the mountain and took them away.

“Surely the stonecutter is greater than I am”, he sighed. “I wish I were a stonecutter. Then I would be truly happy.”

The spirit of the mountain heard and gave him what he wanted. At once he was a poor stonecutter again. At this he was

thankful, and never wished again to be something that he was not.

 

(New Routes, September/2009. ISSN 1516‐3601. Page 37.)

The item that matches the text is

Brazil attempts to combat dengue with GM mosquitoes

April 21, 2014

The world’s largest ever swarm of genetically modified

mosquitoes has been released in a Brazilian town to combat

dengue – a leading cause of illness and fatality in several

Mercosur countries, except for Uruguay.

Genetically modified (GM) in a laboratory with a gene

designed to devastate the non-GM Aedes aegypti population

and reduce dengue’s spread, the newly hatched Aedes

aegypti mosquitoes called “Franken-skeeters” were released

in Jacobina, a farming town in Bahia state, according to local

press reports.

“We need to provide alternatives because the system we

have now in Brazil doesn’t work,” said Aldo Malavasi, president

of Moscamed, a Brazilian company that’s raising and testing

the GM mosquitoes in Jacobina. “We have thousands and

thousands of cases of dengue and that costs a lot for the

country. People are unable to work.”

Last year, Brazil reported 1.4 million cases of dengue,

which is endemic in three of the 12 host cities for this summer’s

World Cup. There is no vaccine. The most severe form of the

illness, dengue hemorrhagic fever, can lead to shock, coma

and death.

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), there

has been a 30-fold increase in dengue cases around the

globe during the last 50 years.

 

(http://en.mercopress.com)

Segundo o texto,

TEXT I

 

ETHICS OF WAR

 

  Human beings have been fighting each other

since prehistoric times, and people have been discussing

the rights and wrongs of it for almost as long.

  The Ethics of War starts by assuming that war is

[5]  a bad thing, and should be avoided if possible, but it

recognizes that there can be situations when war may be

the lesser evil of several bad choices.

  War is a bad thing because it involves

deliberately killing or injuring people, and this is a

[10]  fundamental wrong – an abuse of the victims human

rights.

  The purpose of war ethics is to help decide what

is right or wrong, both for individuals and countries, and to

contribute to debates on public policy, and ultimately to

[15]  government and individual action.

  War ethics also leads to the creation of formal

codes of war (e.g. the Hague and Geneva conventions),

the drafting and implementation of rules of engagement

for soldiers, and in the punishment of soldiers and others

[20]  for war crimes.

  The three key questions are:

Is it ever right to go to war?

When is it right to fight?

What is the moral way to conduct a war?

[25]  The discussion of the ethics of war goes back to

the Greeks and Romans, although neither civilization

behaved particularly well in war.

  In the Christian tradition war ethics were

developed by St Augustine, and later by St Thomas

[30]  Aquinas and others.

  Hugo Grotius (1583-1645), a Dutch philosopher

and author of De Jure Belli Ac Pacis (The Rights of War

and Peace), wrote down the conditions for a just war that

are accepted today.

[35]  Cicero argued that there was no acceptable

reason for war outside of just revenge or self-defence –

in which he included the defence of honor.

  He also argued that a war could not be just

unless it was publicly declared and unless compensation

[40]  for the enemy’s offence had first been demanded.

  Cicero based his argument on the assumption

that nature and human reason influenced a society

against war, and that there was a fundamental code of

behavior for nations.

Adapted from http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/war/. Shtml Acessado em 14/03/2013

Mark the only sentence below that has the same function of the Modal verb in bold (line 6).

TEXT I

 

ETHICS OF WAR

 

  Human beings have been fighting each other

since prehistoric times, and people have been discussing

the rights and wrongs of it for almost as long.

  The Ethics of War starts by assuming that war is

[5]  a bad thing, and should be avoided if possible, but it

recognizes that there can be situations when war may be

the lesser evil of several bad choices.

  War is a bad thing because it involves

deliberately killing or injuring people, and this is a

[10]  fundamental wrong – an abuse of the victims human

rights.

  The purpose of war ethics is to help decide what

is right or wrong, both for individuals and countries, and to

contribute to debates on public policy, and ultimately to

[15]  government and individual action.

  War ethics also leads to the creation of formal

codes of war (e.g. the Hague and Geneva conventions),

the drafting and implementation of rules of engagement

for soldiers, and in the punishment of soldiers and others

[20]  for war crimes.

  The three key questions are:

Is it ever right to go to war?

When is it right to fight?

What is the moral way to conduct a war?

[25]  The discussion of the ethics of war goes back to

the Greeks and Romans, although neither civilization

behaved particularly well in war.

  In the Christian tradition war ethics were

developed by St Augustine, and later by St Thomas

[30]  Aquinas and others.

  Hugo Grotius (1583-1645), a Dutch philosopher

and author of De Jure Belli Ac Pacis (The Rights of War

and Peace), wrote down the conditions for a just war that

are accepted today.

[35]  Cicero argued that there was no acceptable

reason for war outside of just revenge or self-defence –

in which he included the defence of honor.

  He also argued that a war could not be just

unless it was publicly declared and unless compensation

[40]  for the enemy’s offence had first been demanded.

  Cicero based his argument on the assumption

that nature and human reason influenced a society

against war, and that there was a fundamental code of

behavior for nations.

Adapted from http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/war/. Shtml Acessado em 14/03/2013

Choose the alternative in which the determiner ‘neither’ is used with the same meaning as the one in italics in the text.